Robert Hawkins

It seems that we're always both to blame.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Wednesday, October 30th, 2024, I will move the following motion:

Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that Mr. Chris Comeau of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, be recommended for appointment as sergeant-at-arms of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly by the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories as recommended by the board of management of the Legislative Assembly;.

And further -- sorry, I was trying to speak slow enough for the interpreters.

And further, that the Speaker be authorized to communicate...

Mr. Speaker, I'm glad he and I share the same point of view of welcoming and respecting their points of view. It's critical. Mr. Speaker, if he does so, as he just said, would he find ways to work with his department to help fund this group and a territorial advisory group? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my understanding is we do not have someone of that type of caliber in our system. Can the Minister confirm we have no one of that credentials of being a public health administrator or a PhD level person running the management of these types of authorities in our system currently today? Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, again, in my research and looking around hospitals across Canada -- I mean, I didn't look at every one, I want to be clear, I wouldn't want to give you that impression. Would the Minister acknowledge and recognize that being a public health administrator, typically a PhD of some sort, is a specialized skill when it comes to management of health authorities? Thank you.

No, I'm asking the Minister would it help so they could focus in on the challenges we have if we separated them. So would it help her do her job if health was a standing unit itself, health and social services separated. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to recognize the -- I believe I can say the name properly. If not, I'm sure Hansard will say it correctly for me -- which is Araliya Fox. She's a Yellowknife Centre constituent, a student at William McDonald High School here in Yellowknife. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I -- specifically to the quiet quitting comment, I certainly withdraw it, and I apologize for that and to the House. Thank you very much for recognizing the differences. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I've already read the motion in to acknowledge Mr. Comeau will be coming in. And to him, I wish him the greatest success as he follows Mr. Floyd Powder.

I asked Mr. Powder the other day, who I only casually know but gotten a little bit better -- known a little better since I've come back to the Assembly in this last year, I asked him the other day what are you going to do? And he has a long list of what -- you know, they often say retirement is not for the faint at heart. In other words, you end up doing so much. And he started in the most passionate way describing how...

I think -- (audio) Mr. Speaker, I didn't characterize they're bad people. As a matter of fact, if two more seconds the Minister would have said we'd hire a Jane Philipott, a health czar, Mr. Speaker. The intent was not to hurt individuals or single the single individual out, Mr. Speaker.